The right to disconnect is coming to Australia. What does this mean for you?
- Written by John L. Hopkins, Associate professor, Swinburne University of Technology
Next month, changes to the Australian Fair Work Act will give workers the formal right to disconnect from all work communication outside their usual work hours.
The main driver for introducing “right to disconnect” laws has been to protect the health and wellbeing of workers in an increasingly hyper-connected world.
But what exactly will...